I have a love-hate relationship with sugar scrubs. On the one hand, I loveeeee a nice deep exfoliation, so give me all the scrubby! On the other, I hate having to scoop out the scrub then try to screw the jar closed one handed, in my birthday suit, with water raining down, as the scrub threatens to bloop out of my hand and onto the shower floor.
Maybe I’m the only one who has ever had that struggle, but it’s definitely one of my neurodivergent nightmares. A minor emergency if you will. Not quite bad enough to call for help, but still inconvenient enough to wish I didn’t have to deal with it.
Well today I’m going to offer you two solutions! The first deals with the sugar scrub itself, the second deals with the packaging! Honestly, even if you think sugar scrub emergencies are a little silly, which of course they are, I think both solutions in this blog post are going to excite you, so buckle up baby!
THE SUGAR SCRUB OF IT ALL
The first solution I am going to propose would be to create single serving size sugar scrubs. For this project I used our Emulsifying Solid Scrub Bars ebook, but you could use your favorite solid scrub recipe. Unlike traditional scrubs that are slushy and need to be kept in jars, these are poured into silicone molds to produce a solid, shaped bar.
For some reason it never occurred to me to make these in smaller sizes; I have always made full size bars. But as I was going through my embarrassingly large collection of molds looking for items I was willing to part with in our new Facebook group, Partners In Grime: Soap and Cosmetic Destash, I came across some really cute silicone molds for fall, and BAM–the idea hit me. I immediately set aside my thoughts of destashing, and went straight to making!
The fun thing about doing smaller scrubs is that they really give you a chance to play! For my fall combo I used tiny owls, pumpkins, and leaves in warm autumn colors, like Slug Bug and Before You Go Go from Muddy Soap Co, or Atomic Orange from Nurture Handmade. Having LOTS of molds is really helpful. Make sure to tell your significant other I said this when they start asking why you have so many molds after you promised you would destash some!
I split my batch into thirds, so I wasn’t sure how much I would be able to make from each color. I kept a plain, square mold next to me and poured the excess off there. On this particular day I was my smartest self and remembered to use trays under my molds so they could be moved off my prep table as they cooled.
Once they were solidified, I popped them out and started mixing and matching colors and shapes into my jars. I ended up chopping up the squares with overflow mix and adding them to fill in the empty spaces between shapes in the jar. It actually worked out great to have them, and if you try this project yourself, you might want to consider making those little cubes on purpose!
THE JARS I NEVER KNEW I NEEDED
And now we come to my second solution: Jars.
Now I know, one of the appeals to solid sugar scrubs is that you can go jar free, but hear me out! These jars have FLIP TOP LIDS. Mic drop.
Even if you don’t decide to use them for this project, think of all the things you could use them for! Regular sugar scrubs, of course, but also whipped soap, whipped scrubs, shave cream, body butters, and more!
I absolutely loved these jars and HAD to share them with you, but more than that, I also wanted to be able to share where I got them from. While we do have a few suppliers who send us free items to sample from time to time, for the most part we try to buy our molds, supplies, and packaging free from affiliate links. Just like these jars from U.S. Plastics!
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